How Do I Install My Visual Studio Plug In Dll's?

[DataJuggler]

Today I updated my Nuget package so I could check if a pixel should be updated or not using my Nuget package, but I don't know how to deploy.

 

How do I package this up to install?

 

If there is any benefit, I do have Advanced Installer if that simplifies things.

If there is a doc for this I didn't get that far. I saw how to do this in using Code Lab, but I don't know what to do to package up the Visual Studio output, which includes my plug in class and my Nuget package and a some dependencies.

 

Thanks, 

 

 

[toe_head2001]

It looks like you have your plugin DLL and two dependency DLLs.

 

Copy those 3 file into the Effects folder within the Paint.NET program files directory.

https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/InstallPlugins.html

 

Or, for distribution to others, just place those 3 files into a ZIP, and you're done.

[Rick Brewster]

Make sure that you DO NOT distribute the PaintDotNet.*.DLLs . First, it's against the license.

 

But, it will also completely break a Paint.NET install if it has a copy of those in the Effects folder. The app will try to load them as plugins and there ends up being 2 copies of important types loaded into the runtime and all heck breaks loose. Total meltdown.